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Early stages iiiiknown. 



Ilnl). East Africa : 1 <S (('//"') 'n the Triug Mnseuin from Gowlii-paii, between 

 Lialiii and Kaznngula, Ujiper Zamliesi, second week of March, is'JS (Coryndoii) ; 

 1 S in coll. C'has. Oberthiir from Mpala, Tanganyika ; 1 ? (this species ?) in the 

 Berlin Musenm from Usaramo, German East Africa (Stuhlmann). 



214. Polyptychus marshalli spec. uov. (PI. XIV. f. 14, c^). 



S. Tongue short and weak. Joint of palpus open. Abdominal tergites spinose 

 only at edges. Hindtibia tufted between the two ])air.s of unequal spinose sj)urs, 

 longer terminal sjuir a little longer than the second tarsal segment. Antennal 

 segments somewhat dilated dorso-laterally, ventral outline nearly straight (side-view). 

 Clasper with very small patcli of minute modified scales, no regularly-arranged 

 friction-scales on innerside of eighth tergite. 



Body and wings jiale jjinkisli or vinaceous-lmtf, liindwing above more jiinldsh 

 tlian forewing and body. End of ])aipus, crest of liead, and anterior ])art of prouotum 

 more or less brownish. 



Wings, uppersicle. Forewing, apex acute, but little projecting, hinder angle 



almost 9U", distal margin entire, hinder margin shallowly emarginate before angle ; 

 five vinaceous hazel lines, all straight, or very feebly undulate, the fifth somewhat 

 curved behind R^, lines 1 and 2 in basal half approaching each other a little behind : 

 1 at base of M-, as far from base at costal as at inner margin ; 2 near base of M' ; 

 line 3 beyond cell, heavier than the others ; 4 weak or obliterate ; ft weak but 

 distinct, more or less accentuated by vein-dots ; 3 to 5 nearly equidistant ; a trace 

 of a subbasal line at costal margin ; fringe feebly darker at ends of veins ; no 



snbbasal dot. Hindwing : ai)ex broadly rounded, anal angle little projecting, 



fringe and anal area jialer ; traces of a median and of a postdiscal band. 



Underside j)aler than upper. Forewing with three feeble lines, situated 



between cell and distal margin, sligiitly and evenly curved. Hindwing also 



with three extra-cellular lines, the first the heaviest, the second approaching the 

 first behind, the tiiird accentuated by vein-dots. 



Htructure of end of abdomen similar to that of P. hollnjtdi, clas])er slenderer, 

 ventral lobe of harpe broader, broadly spoon-shaped, upper lobe shorter ; penis- 

 sheath without tlie long process found in paupercula and hollandi, the process 

 indicated by a small lobe. 



Length of forewing : 'ZiS — 30 mm. 



llah. Salisbury, Mashonaiaiid, October li)UI) (Marshall), 1 c? {t>J}ie) in the 

 IJiitisii Museum. 



In the Tring Musenui 1 S without locality, figured to show tiie position of 

 tiie lines. 



215. Polyptychus subjectus (I'l. 11. f. lo, S )■ 



Huii'riiilhna suhjerliix Walker, I'm,; \. II. Hnr. Ghisg„w i. p. ;!-JK. u. 1 (ISlVJ) (Congo). 

 l'<,l,ij,l,,rl,m (V) subjectus, Butler, Trai,^. Zoo!. So<: Loud. i.x. p. .587. n. 4 (1877). 

 .Uanimh,, (?) sHhjcdiis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. lid. i. p. 708. n. 2',) (18'J2). 



c?. In pattern very close to ro.sea, luimosae, vie. Not rosy red, but russet-fawn, 

 slightly vinaceous or pinkish. Tongue, i>aii)us, and spurs as in those species. 

 Abdominal tergites spinose. Antenna as in fuhjuraiia, rather shorter. Distal 

 margin of forewing very faintly emarginate between the veins, D- of hindwing little 

 lunger than D' (only one specimen seen). Basal dot of forewing double, first ante- 



